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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: " ECOWAS REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecowasremittanced@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 13:35:38 -0400
Subject: Letter from Mrs. Antionette Sayeh I.M.F West African Director.


Attention Please Read Carefully.

Letter from Mrs. Antionette Sayeh I.M.F West African Director. This is to notify you that International Monetary Fund West African Region has Approve compensation fund to all short listed scam victims whose name was recovered during the recent investigation process going on at western union and money gram money transfer here in West Africa. Your name was found among the list of those that sent so much money through western union to Nigeria, after our investigation we find out that you have sent so much money to those Fraudsters in west Africa without receiving anything from them.

It was on these very recommendation that International Monetary Fund West African Region Approve The Sum of US$800.000.00-{ Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to you, in other to compensate you for all you lost to those Fraudsters, Is an order from United Nation to all the West Africa Countries to compensate all the short listed scam victims whose name was recovered during the recent investigation process going on at western union and Money gram money transfer here in Africa.

We the members of International Monetary Fund West African Region are very pleased to inform you that your information has been passed to our international foreign corresponding bank in Asian Finance Bank Dubai to transfer your entire fund to you via bank to bank wire transfer to your bank account, we have to do this, because we did not trust any bank in Africa.

Right now your total fund is in Asian Finance Bank Dubai-(UAE) at this moment, be advice to Contact your paying officer for the Immediate transfer to any bank account of your choice world wild.

Paying Bank : Asian Finance Bank Dubai
Contact Person : Mr. Mohamed Usuman
Tel ; +971529982644
Contact Email : ( asianfinnbnk@blumail.org )

Endeavor to email them following information for immediate processing,

Full Names:
Address:
Age:
Country:
Phone no:

Make sure you get in touch with the Finance Bank on this email address : ( asianfinnbnk@blumail.org ) also dont forget to email them your contact information.

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,
DR.Mrs.Antoinette Sayeh
I.M.F West African Director.

Best Regard,

Mr. Samuel Bello
Authorization Minister
ECOWAS WEST AFRICA

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